The Hull facility will also include final assembly of the 6MW wind turbine, a Siemens press official confirmed to Recharge.

The blade plant will be at Paull in East Riding. it will be the first manufacturing plant designed for the 75-metre blades that will power the 6MW machines.

The twin-site announcement, creating up to 1,000 jobs, means Siemens will have a bigger presence in the northeast England than was expected in 2011 when it first unveiled plans for manufacturing at the Port of Hull.

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